Vermont § 455 - Transfer of Probate proceedings
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 455 — Transfer of Probate proceedings, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 455. Transfer of Probate proceedings
- (a) Any guardianship action filed in the Probate Division of the Superior Court pursuant
to 14 V.S.A. chapter 111, subchapter 2, article 1 and any adoption action filed in the Probate Division pursuant
to Title 15A may be transferred to the Family Division of the Superior Court. (b) In an adoption action filed in the Probate Division pursuant to Title 15A, the Family
Division shall order the transfer of the proceeding on motion of a party or on its
own motion if it finds that the identity of the parties, issues, and evidence are
so similar in nature to the parties, issues, and evidence in a proceeding pending
in the Family Division that transfer of the probate action to the Family Division
would expedite resolution of the issues or would best serve the interests of justice. (Added 1989, No. 221 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 1990; amended 2009, No. 154 (Adj. Sess.), § 28a, eff. Feb. 1, 2011; 2013, No. 170 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2014.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 455 ("Transfer of Probate proceedings") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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